Correct Answer - Option 2 : From head to toe
Development refers to an increase in structure for better and enhanced functioning of organs. A child develops in an orderly sequence which is almost similar in all children.
- The rate and speed of development may vary in individual cases but the sequence of development patterns is almost the same in all children. Thus human development is based on certain principles.
- It is one of the most important principles of development that states every individual although exhibit difference in change, they follow the same sequence of change.
Predictable Patterns of Development:
- Child development takes place in two directions, one is from the head-to-foot/toe direction and the second is from centre to periphery.
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The Cephalocaudal Development: It exhibits that the development proceeds in the longitudinal direction i.e. from head to toe. That is the reason why a child first gains control over the head before s/he starts walking.
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The Proximodistal Development: It proceeds from near to the distant and from parts of the body near the center develop first then the extremities. Therefore, the child in the earlier stages of development starts developing the fundamental muscles rather than the smaller muscles or fine motor skills.
Hence, it could be concluded that "Cephalocaudal" development refers to the development from head to toe.
